noun:

• bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example - four character idiom

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm - proverb

noun:

• quadruple time; four-four time; common time - Music term
• the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum) - Music term ➜ 囃子【はやし】・笛【ふえ】・大鼓【おおつづみ】・小鼓【こつづみ】・太鼓【たいこ】

expression:

• you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too

noun:

• completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term

noun:

• first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year ➜ 下半期

noun:

• mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); "position in an organization to which an ineffective person is transferred" [figurative]

noun:

• starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action

noun:

• appetizer or snack served with drinks
• performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)

noun / ~する noun:

• going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge
• recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

expression:

• so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

~する noun:

• to contact; to get in touch - honorific language ➜ 連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; (your) call; (your) message ➜ 連絡

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to blend (e.g. truth and lies); to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)

noun:

• certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage; certification of one's legal capacity to be married

noun:

• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) - archaism
• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) - archaism ➜ 律令制
• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) ➜ 五刑

noun / expression:

• five races under one union; founding principle of the Republic of China (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans) - four character idiom
• harmony of the five races; official policy of Manchukuo (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese) ［五族協和］ - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins

interjection:

• you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents' shins [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get on well (with a person); to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider) [literal] - idiom ➜ 気が合う